United States v. Sylvan Scolnick, Sidney Brooks, Kenneth Paull, A/K/A 'Harold Fleishman', Allenrosenberg, Sidney Brooks

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Circuit Judge.

The appellant (“defendant”) appeals from his conviction by a jury for rescuing a safe deposit box seized by the Internal Revenue Service (“Service”) in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7212(b); larceny from a federally insured bank contrary to 18 U.S.C. § 2113(b); and conspiracy to commit the aforementioned acts (18 U.S.C. § 371). Three other individuals were indicted with the defendant, but only the defendant stood trial.

*322A complete summation of the bizarre events which culminated in defendant’s conviction is necessary to understand the ultimate disposition of…